1、Conference on Logistics and Tourism Promotion Along the China-Laos-Thailand RailwayCo-hosted by The Foreign Affairs Office of the Peoples Government of Yunnan Province,ChinaPlanned and Hosted by The Consulate General of the Peoples Republic of China in Khon KaenOrganized by Mekong InstituteAugust 19
2、,2025,Pullman Hotel,Khon Kaen,ThailandTitle:THE MODE and PATH of INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT of RAILWAY LOGISTICS and REGIONAL INDUSTRICS in CHINA-LAOS-THAILAND RAILWAYName of Speaker:Zhang Jin Professor,Southwest Jiaotong University,CHINAcontentPlanning and Layout of the Trans-Asian RailwayCharacteristi
3、cs and Value of Railway LogisticsThe integrated development model of logistics and other industries4Pathways and measures for promoting integrated development1231.1 Master Plan about the TARN(Trans-Asian Railway Network)In 1960,the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacif
4、ic(ESCAP,currently with 53 members and 9 associate members)proposed the generalized Trans-Asian Railway.In 1992,the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific launched the Asian Land Transport Infrastructure Development Project(ALTID),which includes the Trans-Asian Railwa
5、y Network and the Trans-Asian Highway Network,etc.In 1999,ASEAN held a meeting of transport ministers in Hanoi,Vietnam,to discuss issues related to the Trans-Asian Railway Network and signed a memorandum of understanding.In November 2006,18 countries including China and Russia signed the Intergovern
6、mental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network in Busan,South Korea,reaching 17 agreements,formulating a list of Trans-Asian Railway network lines and guiding principles on the technical characteristics of the Trans-Asian Railway Network.In 2013,President Xi Jinping of China put forward the Bel